Stiles
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- STYLZ
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,091 for boys
Stiles is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “stile; steps over a fence”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,091st for boys in the US (70 babies).
What does Stiles mean?
English: English surname, from Old English stigel
“stile; steps over a fence”
A topographic surname for someone who lived by a stile or a steep path.
Is Stiles a girl's or a boy's name?
Stiles is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 70 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Stiles in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Stiles, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Stiles in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
How popular is Stiles in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,091among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 70about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 70 boys in the US were named Stiles, making it the 2,091st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 97 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Stiles in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 105 boys in the US were given Stiles or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,438, up from #2,091 for this spelling alone.
Stiles in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,091 |
| 2024 | 97 | #1,709 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,046 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,298 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,095 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 52 | #2,524 |
| 2018 | 47 | #2,634 |
| 2017 | 51 | #2,492 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,255 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,803 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
Names like Stiles
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
James Myles Charles Sonny Saint Stanley Gus Hayes Banks Harris Rhodes Sid
Other spellings of Stiles
Names related to Stiles
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Stiles: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stiles, updated 20 October 2026.